Allocating Buffer Credits For F_Ports; Monitoring Buffers In A Port Group - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Buffer credit management
To determine the number of buffers required, perform the following steps:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portBufferCalc command and provide values for the distance, port speed, and frame
Example
The following example calculates the number of buffers required for an 8-Gbps port on a 100-km
link with an average frame size of 512 bytes.
switch:admin> portbuffercalc 9/4 -distance 100 -speed 8 -framesize 512
1606 buffers required for 100km at 8G and framesize of 512 bytes

Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports

The default configured F_Port buffer credit is fixed at eight buffers. You can use the
portCfgFPortBuffers command to configure a given port with the specified number of buffers. Note
that in the sample commands provided in the following procedure, 12 buffers are configured for an
F_Port.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portCfgFPortBuffers command.
3. To disable the port buffer configuration and return to the default buffer allocation, use the
NOTE
The configured number of buffers for a given port is stored in the configuration database and is
persistent across reboots. The F_Port buffer feature does not support EX_Port, Port Mirroring,
Long-Distance, L_Port, FastWrite, QoS, and Trunk Area enabled ports.

Monitoring buffers in a port group

Use the portBufferShow command to monitor the remaining buffers on a long-distance link and to
monitor the average frame size and average buffer usage for a given port.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portBufferShow command.
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size.
switch:admin> portcfgfportbuffers --enable 2/44 12
--disable option
switch:admin> portcfgfportbuffers --disable 2/44
The average frame size in bytes is shown in parentheses with the average buffer usage for
packet transmission and reception.
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